The local trumpet player and composer Nick Dewhurst surrounded himself with a stage full of other talented performers when he appeared at the Lichfield Jazz and Blues Festival.
The Cathedral Hotel was filled by the sounds of Latin, samba and jazz when the group Del Camino played as part of this year’s Lichfield Jazz and Blues Festival.
Lichfield’s Jazz and Blues Festival continued with Chris Bowden and his trio of drummer Jim Bashford, bassist James Oaten and keyboard player Toby Walsh playing a set of chamber jazz .
Original song-craft, gentle, dextrous acoustic guitars and some fine singing were all enjoyed when the local duo Mourning Suns and solo singer songwriter Phil King appeared at the Hub at St Mary’s.
Lichfield Jazz continued its long tradition of bringing some of the finest musicians to play at the Cathedral Hotel when the Midlands Youth Jazz Orchestra took to the stage.
With their complex sound and lyrics of bruised romanticism, The Smiths changed the music scene of the 1980s – and their influence and music continue to matter, as the sold-out audience for Let Me In’s presentation of their work showed.
The Blackheart Orchestra played a set of music that blended gothic storytelling with pop music, elements of prog rock and lessons in building texture when they appeared at The Hub at St Mary’s.
An attentive audience saw the singer-songwriter Brooks Williams and the fiddle player Aaron Catlow perform a strong set of music from the genres of folk, blues and Americana.
Jim’s wife Elsie has just died on the Alzheimer’s ward, but the former police detective who has recently been diagnosed himself is suspicious of her death – and he has a reason to be nervous as another two deaths follow.
